<p>The FedEx/JA International Trade Challenge (ITC) is an Asia-Pacific business and international-trade competition run by JA Asia Pacific and sponsored by FedEx. Teams of two pre-university students craft a Market Entry Strategy for a given product and target market, supported by workshops and mentors throughout the programme.</p><ul><li>Eligibility: secondary and pre-university students aged 15–19; teams of 2</li><li>Structure: local workshops over about 8 months, a 2-week strategy-writing period, national ITC finals, then regional Asia Pacific finals</li><li>Regional finals: top national performers from 10 markets are paired cross-market and given a surprise brief with 48 hours to respond</li><li>Format: workshops and presentations conducted in person (regional finals rotate across Asia Pacific markets)</li><li>Running in Singapore since 2007 — past Singapore teams have won the Asia Pacific title</li></ul><p>Singapore students can apply through JA Singapore when the national challenge opens each year.</p>